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Kinakko123
2021年11月15日

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Everything he had was burnt down except for what was on his back. とはどういう意味ですか?

Is it some kind of saying/proverb?

Especially I couldn’t get what “back” means here. it literally means just his back (a part of body)?
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ofir_3
2021年11月15日

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It is kind of a proverb, like saying “what he had on hand” meaning what he had available not actually in his hand.

Here “on his back” means only the things he had on himself- only stuff he was carrying: clothes, backpack and such.
Not necessarily on his back, it could be in his pocket.

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